Hylodesmum pauciflorum

Few-flowered Tick-trefoil

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Family: Fabaceae (Legume - Pea family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: June - August
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: August - October

Few-flowered Tick-trefoil flowers are white, not pink or purple. Once considered park of the genus Desmodium, it is now classified in a separate genus with several other tick-trefoils.




27 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
27 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
11 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
11 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
27 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
27 July 2021
Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
(ripening seeds)
   




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